Sounds feasible. An in place upgrade to 5.5 and then 2K should work as well. Course you should take good backups along the way as well.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Kevin Rutledge [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2002 7:37 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: Upgrading Exchange 5.0 to 2000 > > > I need to upgrade a small business (40 employees) from their > existing (single server) NT 4 SP6a Exchange 5.0 SP2 > environment to Windows 2000 with Exchange 2000. > > I don't want to lose any messages, recipients, e-mail > addresses, public folders, etc. > > Their current PDC/Exchange 5.0 box is a really nice machine, > and they want to use it as their sole server (I know, I am > trying to convince them to install a permanent second server.) > > My thought is to install a second server as a NT4 BDC and > install Exchange 5.5 as a second server in the site. Then I > would use Ed's move server method to move all the data to the > "new" server. I would then promote this machine to PDC. > > After the data has been moved, I figure I can upgrade (to windows 2000 > server) the existing PDC and install exchange 2000 in the > same site as the exchange 5.5 machine. once this is done I > figure I can move everything to the exchange 2000 machine and > drop the 5.5 machine from the site (once all the data has > replicated/moved) > > Does this sound feasible? Will it work? Is there a better > way? Am I on crack? > > Thanks in advanced. > > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
